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Francis Bacon’s Essays explore the darker side of human nature. 400 years on, they still instruct and unnerve

In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works. It’s 400 years since the publication of the complete edition of British philosopher Francis Bacon’s Essays. Not without pride, Bacon ...
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Jamaal Charles' Injury and Sir Francis Bacon

What do Jamaal Charles and Sir Francis Bacon (1561–1626) have in common? Probably more than you think. Bacon loved science, and was fascinated by its pursuit. In fact, he enjoyed science so much that ...
The Reporter

Blue Bell lawyer receives Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute Resolution Award

A press release from Stephen G. Yusem, Esq. The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee recently presented its Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute ...
The Independent

Francis Bacon: Prophetic philosopher or scientific buffoon?

An engraving of Bacon from 1837: his ambition to reorganise human thought went largely unfulfilled, but what was behind it? (Getty) Few philosophers divide the opinion of commentators as neatly as ...
The Times Herald

Pennsylvania Bar Association gives local man Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute Resolution Award

WHITPAIN>> The Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Alternative DisputeResolution (ADR) Committee recently presented its Sir Francis Bacon Alternative Dispute Resolution Award to Stephen G. Yusem, an ...
The Conversation

Francis Bacon’s Essays explore the darker side of human nature. 400 years on, they still instruct and unnerve

Matthew Sharpe receives funding from the ARC on the history of the idea of philosophy as a way of life. In our guides to the classics, experts explain key literary works. It’s 400 years since the ...